Nelson Mandela assassination plot: White supremacists jailed

Johannesburg: A South African court has handed down prison sentences to 20 white extremists involved in terrorist plots, including an attempt on the life of former president Nelson Mandela.

The so-called Boeremag (Boer Force) far-right militia was apprehended following a string of bombings in Soweto township outside Johannesburg in 2002, just eight years after the end of white minority rule. One woman died in the attacks.

The group was trying to overthrow the African National Congress-led post-Apartheid government.

All the men were convicted last year of high treason, with some being found guilty of additional offences, such as homicide.